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Planning commission weighs removing apartments above strip malls; staff to draft redline
Summary
Carroll County staff proposed removing residential accessory uses from planned commercial centers to pause new apartments over strip malls while the master‑plan defines quality mixed‑use standards; staff will bring draft code language back to the Commission for review.
At its March 4, 2026 meeting, the Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed a staff‑proposed text amendment that would remove residential uses as an accessory use in planned commercial centers and preserve any existing units by grandfathering them as of a cutoff date.
Daphne, the county planner leading the discussion, said the proposal responds to concerns in the Freedom‑area deferral and the lack of guidance for what residential above a commercial center should look like. "The proposal was to simply look at removing residential as an accessory use in the planned commercial centers," she said, explaining that the intent is to pause new…
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